Ken livingstone anti semitism in america

Over two years after he was suspended from Britain's opposition Labour Party, former London Mayor Ken Livingstone announced he was quitting the party on Monday.

In a statement on his website, Livingstone said issues surrounding his suspension had "become a distraction" for the party's leadership.

The 72-year-old was suspended from the party in April 2016 following comments he made about Adolf Hitler and Zionism in a BBC interview.

He told the broadcaster that when Hitler came to power in the early 1930s, "his policy then was that Jews should be moved to Israel.

He was supporting Zionism before he went mad and ended up killing 6 million Jews."

The comment was heavily criticized, but Livingstone has denied that he is anti-Semitic.

"I abhor anti-Semitism, I have fought it all my life and will continue to do so," he said in Monday's statement.

But he added: "I also recogni